Silage wages

pat_cork

Hi, i know it's a bit early in the year to be asking but what kind of an hourly rate would someone drawing silage be on? Also how many hours roughly would they be doing per week?


Pat

Juniorhurler

€10 p/h. How many hours do ya want to do? Up to 16 a day the last time I worked on a large crew.

yellow50HX

Juniorhurler wrote: »

€10 p/h. How many hours do ya want to do? Up to 16 a day the last time I worked on a large crew.

was doing from 7-11 monday to sat and from 1-11 on sundays (onwers wanted to go to mass) during the busy season when i did it back in the 90's. times have been very much weather dependant over the last few years (we'll cut when its dry)

JOAT

pat_cork wrote: »

Hi, i know it's a bit early in the year to be asking but what kind of an hourly rate would someone drawing silage be on? Also how many hours roughly would they be doing per week?


Pat

If your starting out with a contractor theses days I can't see you getting any more than 9 ph! Lads with experience is a diff story and depends how much the boss values him! In relation to hours per week? Impossible to say. Silage isn't a 9 to 5 job! Last year we put in a few weeks where we could do over 50 hrs in 3 days followed by the rest of the week off or spent in the yard doing repairs while 'twas pi**ing rain outside!!

rs8

being real bout €7 per hour, 70-80 euro a day! did anyone else thing the sun only came out on sudays?i was out every sunday nearly

signinlate

rs8 wrote: »

being real bout €7 per hour, 70-80 euro a day! did anyone else thing the sun only came out on sudays?i was out every sunday nearly

Any good weather last year seemed to be on the weekends. I did most my baling and wrapping on Sundays after spending the whole week watching it lashing down.

DMAXMAN

pat_cork wrote: »

Hi, i know it's a bit early in the year to be asking but what kind of an hourly rate would someone drawing silage be on? Also how many hours roughly would they be doing per week?


Pat

i am not in my first flush of youth , butwork for a crew and they pay me 14 euro /hour and take it off my bill before they include vat as i am vat registered. silage is small with them but they cut a lot of grain and i deliver a lot of grain for them

pat_cork

Thanks for replies lads, I was expecting about €9 an hour starting off alright

johnstown

When people say €10 per hour, is that through the books before deductions or cash in hand?

freedominacup

johnstown wrote: »

When people say €10 per hour, is that through the books before deductions or cash in hand?

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